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Minify

Automagically concatenates JS and CSS files that are output in wp_head() and wp_footer()

By Scott Taylor·JS·Free
3.7(3 reviews)
·10 active installs·Updated 13 years ago
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As of April 2026, Minify is a WordPress JS plugin with 10 active installations and a 3.7/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 20K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 13 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Clear Cache for Me.

3.7/53 reviews
10active installs
20K+total downloads
14 yearssince 2012

Overview

Similar to what we use on eMusic – this software is still experimental, but take a look!

Automagically concatenates JS and CSS files that are output in wp_head() and wp_footer() – stores / serves them from Memcached (if installed) or Database. In a load-balanced environment, the generation of flat files can be expensive and hard to distribute. Minify takes advantage of Memcached and Site Options / Transients to do the work once and share it among all servers in your cluster. File names are dynamically-generated to allow cache-busting of a CDN like Akamai that doesn’t always cache-bust by query string.

New .htaccess rule!
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)?/?wp-content/cache/minify-(.+)-(.*).(css|js)$ /wp-content/plugins/minify/make.php?hash=$2&type=$4&incr=$3&…

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Ratings & Reviews

3.73 reviews
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Compatibility

WordPress3.0+ requiredTested up to 3.4.2
PHPfalse+ required

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Changelog

0.1

  • Initial release
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Contributors

Scott TaylorScott Taylor
Plugin Info
Version
0.2
Last Updated
Sep 2, 2012
WP Requires
3.0+
Tested Up To
3.4.2
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
10
Downloads
20K+
Added
May 24, 2012
Business
Free

Tags

jscssassetsminifyperformance

Developer

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Scott Taylor
8 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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